Hippocampal synapses depend on hippocampal estrogen synthesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 5913-5921

  Kretz, Oliver ^a   Fester, Lars ^b   Wehrenberg, Uwe ^b   Zhou, Lepu ^b   Brauckmann, Silke ^a   Zhao, Shanting ^a   Prange Kiel, Janine ^b   Naumann, Thomas ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^c   Frotscher, Michael ^a   Rune, Gabriele M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Letrozole; Spines; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LETROZOLE; NERVE PROTEIN; SPINOPHILIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENSITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NITRILES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 3042717140     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5186-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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